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Lauren Feiner
Lauren Feiner
A juror’s vacation could complicate deliberations in the LA social media addiction trial.

There could be a sticky situation if jurors don’t reach a verdict today on day nine of deliberations, independent journalist Meghann Cuniff reports. One juror is set to leave on a prepaid vacation tomorrow, and the judge hasn’t yet said what would happen if they go before a verdict.

Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Google TV will now help sports fans get caught up on the latest news.

Alongside more visual responses from Gemini and the narrated “deep dives” on educational topics that were announced at CES 2026, yesterday Google TV also started rolling out a new feature called sports briefs; narrated overviews of in-season sports leagues that include game summaries and player news from the NBA, MLB, NHL, and more.

A TV in a living room showing an NBA update on screen.
Image: Google
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Google’s old drone project is launching service in the Bay Area.

Project Wing launched as a part of Google X more than a decade ago, and now, in 2026, the Alphabet subsidiary Wing is announcing drone delivery service will be available in the Bay Area soon. It hasn’t announced partners or other details yet, but says interested residents can sign up for updates here.

Gemini task automation is slow, clunky, and super impressive

It took nine minutes for Google’s AI to order my dinner, but it still feels like the future.

Allison Johnson
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Two Google Messages updates:
  1. Google is replacing the delete action with a Trash folder, where deleted messages will live for 30 days before being permanently removed.
  2. In Google Messages RCS group chats, you can now use the @ sign to mention somebody so they get a notification.
Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
The good old days.

There are some complex pros and cons to Google’s new “advanced flow” for sideloading unverified Android apps, which may well protect some users from scammers. But it would sure be nice if I could just install the apps I want on the computer I own.

orion_resident:

Remember when you didn’t need special permission to install software on your own computer? Those were the days.

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Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Google Messages gets live location sharing.

Just open a conversation, tap Attachment, and then Real-time location. You can let friends and family know where you are for specific durations or until you disable the feature. It comes almost a decade after WhatsApp, iMessage, and Facebook Messenger introduced live location sharing, but better late than never, right?